I Wasn't Born Lucky

Soul Gathering Village does not seem to be prosperous, bypassing the fertile field, an ancient and lonely village stands here.There is a huge tree at the entrance of the village. Its leaves have fallen completely, and it has obviously lost its vitality. It has a bad omen.

At this time, it was almost dinner time, and every household in the village smoked from their kitchens. Coupled with the dark clouds above their heads, it created a depressing atmosphere for the whole village.

Wu Shan, the village head, led the reincarnated people through the path to a big house in the middle. He opened the wooden door. His wife had already placed the dishes and chopsticks in the house, and there were a dozen or so on the table. The side dishes are also considered rich in this village: "These are meals cooked by my mother-in-law. After a busy day, I hope all reporters and gentlemen don't dislike them."

Shi Ye quickly replied: "I don't mind it, sister-in-law's craftsmanship looks pretty good."

They sat down around the round table, and Wu Shan propped up a huge tent above the round table, enough to cover the whole house inside. He sat down with a smile: "The weather is cloudy, I'm afraid it will rain suddenly."

Before Shi Ye could speak, a woman with a ponytail among the reincarnations——Xiao Li remembered that she was the one who analyzed the task outside, named Tao Fei, she suddenly said: "Village chief, why don't we go in and eat?" ? Wouldn’t it be troublesome if it rained halfway through eating?”

Wu Shan paused for a moment when he heard the words. He quickly glanced at the wooden house behind him, and then grinned again: "My house is small and dirty. I'm afraid that the food will be dirty. It's better to go outside. It's spacious. Don't be afraid to come down." Rain, look, don’t I have a tent here?”

What's the reason?It's obviously an excuse, there may be some problems in the room...

Tao Fei was about to speak again, but Shi Ye kicked her at this moment—the mission prompt had already said to respect the customs of the village and not offend the village chief at the beginning, Tao Fei turned to look at Shi Ye, He frowned, but remained silent.

Shi Ye symbolically picked up a chopstick and put the food into the bowl, and ate it without drinking: "It tastes really good."

"Hahaha, if it's delicious, eat more."

"Of course," Shi Ye changed the subject, "By the way, Village Chief Wu, we came here this time to do an exclusive interview. Has anything special happened to you recently?"

Wu Shan's smile froze at the corner of his lips, and he took a deep look at Shi Ye: "Something special?"

Seeing his complexion, Shi Ye immediately realized that he was too impatient, lest he be caught by the village chief, and quickly remedied: "Because in our job as a reporter, the audience likes to hunt for news that is a little bit more novel, such as 'Shock! Why are hundreds of sows? Crying in the middle of the night', or 'On the mysterious figure who disappeared in the middle of the night, it was actually going out to have an affair', we can introduce it from this title, and then introduce you to Soul Gathering Village."

Zhu Yiting laughed without giving Shi Ye any face in the middle, and was slapped on the back by the man with the hooked nose.

Xiao Li stuffed a piece of grilled chicken into his mouth, blocking all sound.

The news headline Reincarnated People sounds funny, but Wu Shan doesn't think so. Apparently, there have been strange things happening in the village recently, but he didn't intend to tell the reporters, he just laughed with an ugly face and said, "Mr. Humorous, why did such a thing happen in our village? After eating, I will take everyone out for a stroll and show you the scenery here, you people in the city must have never seen it."

Now that Wu Shan has said so, Shi Ye can only nod in agreement, and at the same time secretly remember that the village chief's house may contain clues.

After everyone had a simple dinner, they followed the village head out of the courtyard gate and walked along a path, with various households along the way.

This Juhun Village is not sparsely populated. There are lush grasses growing beside the road, and almost every household is eating. Some uncles are squatting at the door, and they will reach out to say hello when they see the village chief and his group.

It seems very ordinary.

Every reincarnation was secretly recording the scenery along the road. After another right turn, Wu Shan stopped in front of a courtyard, walked in and opened the door.

The yard was very clean, there wasn't even a single fallen leaf, it was obvious that someone had cleaned it on purpose.

The village head led them to push open the door, and there was a big bunk with neat bedding on it: "Mr. Reporter, you should live here for a few days, it's very close to my side, just let me know if you have something to do. "

Wu Shan then pointed to the next door: "The girl's room is in the next yard, and it's very close."

Although the reincarnated people are not used to the treatment in this Datong shop, they can only accept it. Obviously, this village is not enough to provide a single room for more than a dozen people - Shi Ye rushed to Wu Shan to say a few words of thanks, and then Wu Shan out the door.

Tao Fei sat on the bed, looked at Shi Ye's back, and asked softly, "What do you think?"

"I think it's weird," Zhu Yiting sat in front of the only small table in the room, crossing his legs, "Although they all look normal, they just have a weird feeling, which is the impression the whole village gave me. ..."

The man with the hooked nose choked on him routinely: "This is a haunted dungeon, of course you will find it strange, why are you talking nonsense?"

Zhu Yiting rolled his eyes angrily: "Yongchun, you are enough, if you say one more word, I will beat you."

Shi Ye walked to the window, opened it, and looked up at the sky outside: "I also have this feeling, it's not as obvious as the village head's house, I can feel something strange, but I just can't tell where, we Is something missing?"

Xiao Li, who had been sitting in the corner, rubbed the edge of the bed near his knees, and softly broke the silence: "The threshold."

"—Yes! Threshold!" Zhu Yiting looked at him immediately, and then looked at the door after trying to understand these two words.

Generally, houses in rural areas, even urban areas, will have a threshold installed, the higher the better.

Because in ancient times, people believed that ghosts, including zombies, could not bend their knees, so the higher the threshold, the more evil things can be prevented from entering the house.

And in Juhun Village, including the village head's family, they are all walking on the ground. There is no threshold at all in this village!Is this a special custom of this village, or is it to facilitate the entry and exit of certain things?

"Soul Gathering Village..." Tao Fei muttered to himself, "They gather ghosts? But if that's the case, what do they invite reporters for?"

The sky had completely darkened, Zhu Yiting took out a lighter from his pocket, lit the oil lamp on the table, and couldn't help complaining: "In this day and age, it's really inconvenient to use an oil lamp."

Shi Ye looked at the dilapidated oil lamp, the candle flame on it was very small, flickering on the face, it looked like a ghost at first glance, he couldn't help but look away, went to the bed and took off his coat , It seems that he wants to rest.

Xiao Li stood up at this moment and walked towards the door.

Zhu Yiting suddenly stopped him: "Wait, buddy, where are you going? I'll come with you too."

Xiao Li opened the door, and the cold wind from the outside blew in instantly. Zhu Yiting was facing the door, and his whole body was chilled by the blow, and then he heard the other party calmly say: "When I came here, I saw a man wearing mourning clothes to go To the west, I'll go and have a look."

Zhu Yiting: "..."

He didn't expect to get such a serious answer at all—he just thought that this guy was going out to pee, and he felt a little pee, but he didn't dare to go alone, and he didn't want to call his two bad friends, he would definitely be ridiculed , That's why I stopped the other party and wanted to go out to the bathroom with him for convenience...

What's the matter with this guy, how can he say that he is going to die with such a calm posture that wants to be convenient!

Zhu Yiting was stunned on the spot, but Tao Fei immediately stood up from the bed: "Did you see someone wearing mourning clothes? Where is it?"

"When coming, that fork in the road."

"You...why didn't you say it before?!"

Xiao Li glanced at her, left a word without emotion, turned and walked out: "You didn't ask me either."

He walked too fast, and the few remaining people looked at each other with question marks all over their heads.

After two seconds, Zhu Yiting jumped up from the stool like an ant on a hot pot: "Wait for me, I'll go with you too, what do you call me buddy, I think you look a lot like me A good friend!"

Xiao Li was scooped up by his excessive enthusiasm, and it took some effort to avoid him and answer his own name.

Yongchun rolled his eyes from behind, and followed along with the third of them.

When they did this, Tao Fei and Shi Ye couldn't sit still anymore—especially Shi Ye, who wanted to go to bed and rest, but was disturbed by these people and couldn't go to bed. The few people below said: "Let's not go, they may have violated a dead end if they went, and I don't know how many will come back."

The rest of the people nodded in agreement, but Tao Fei lowered his head and thought for a few seconds, then gritted his teeth and ran out to catch up with the people in front.

The moonlight outside was completely covered by dark clouds, and there were only a few houses with lights on in the entire Soul Gathering Village, floating like will-o'-the-wisps in the darkness.

Zhu Yiting felt that his legs were a little weak, and he was about to urinate—but he looked at the profile of his new friend, and in order not to lose his composure, he still gritted his teeth and suppressed the urge.

There was a loud running sound behind him, and the three of them followed one after another, their breathing still panting.

"I said... Sherlock, do you really remember the way? If not, let's go back?" Zhu Yiting followed Xiao Li, walking on the quiet path, and he remembered the speculation about the "threshold" just now , Now I feel that ghosts appear in this village at any time.

Yongchun poked his back mockingly: "Are you scared?"

Zhu Yiting: "Hehe, I think you are afraid, I just think we should conserve our energy and fight for a better tomorrow—"

Before he could finish his sentence, he saw two white lanterns hanging at the door of a house in the west ahead, and faint crying could be heard from the wide open door.

"Shall we... want to go in?" Although Tao Fei followed up, he was still apprehensive when he saw the mourning scene in front of him at night.

Xiao Li's eyes flickered: "It's already here, wouldn't it be boring to just leave like this?"

As he said that, he walked in, without any intention of hiding, and just walked into the mourning hall.

However, unexpectedly, when Xiao Li went in, he saw no one.

Those cries also seemed to sense the arrival of strangers, and stopped abruptly.

On the left side of the mourning hall stands a coffin, with white paper money and wreaths hanging on the beam above the head, and a table in the middle, with a black and white photo and a tablet on the white cloth, which read: Eldest Brother Zhang Tao .

The person in that black-and-white photo is a middle-aged man with ordinary facial features. He is the man who got the black box in the opening CG.

So he died—because of the box?So where is that box now?

Xiao Li turned his head to look around, and finally locked his eyes on the coffin.The young man walked over lightly, his fingers stuck on the edge of the coffin, and he pulled it hard, but found that the coffin board was not closed, so he pushed it outward, and took a photo into the coffin with one free hand——

When Zhu Yiting and others plucked up their courage to follow up, what they saw was such a scene.

He watched Xiao Li restore the coffin again, with a pensive look on his face, he almost screamed, he stammered, "You...you..."

—Are you a devil? !He is dead, if you don't let him go, what if he comes back to kill you?

"There is a problem." Xiao Li said suddenly.

Tao Fei also looked at him with complicated eyes, and asked following his words: "What's the problem?"

"There is no corpse in this coffin," Xiao Li said thoughtfully, and his eyes turned to the black and white photo again, "There is no black box either."

Zhu Yiting took a few steps towards the opposite direction of the coffin, he didn't want to look there, he was a little afraid that something would escape from the coffin - he grasped his gaze, stared at Xiao Li's face and said: "OK Yes, let's go first, I don't want to stay here anymore."

He looked at it and thought, Sherlock looks like a fine-skinned and tender-looking guy, so why is he so tough inside?Wait, Sherlock... have I heard that name somewhere? !

Just as Xiao Li was about to speak, his gaze suddenly narrowed, and Zhu Yiting looked in the direction of his gaze——

I saw that black and white photo suddenly changed.

Originally, the middle-aged man was smiling and looking at the crowd, but at this time in that photo, blood and tears flowed from his eyes, and the whole photo was changing rapidly.

"Escape!" Tao Fei immediately shouted loudly. As an experienced senior, she has experienced many ghost incidents, and she will not be frightened to collapse at this time. She reacted immediately.

Everyone fled in all directions immediately, the time was too short to escape, and some people could only hide at the door.

Xiao Li didn't move. He looked at the man in the photo who was bleeding from all seven orifices. His facial features became more and more ferocious. In the end, it seemed as if he wanted to jump out of the photo——

Then there was a faint cat meow from the outside, and the sound of hurried footsteps came out of the mourning hall. The moment the figure appeared, the abnormality disappeared, and the photo returned to its original state.

It was a man dressed in coarse linen, his facial features were somewhat similar to those in the photo, and he was obviously his younger brother.

He looked at the strangers in the mourning hall with some dissatisfaction: "Who are you? What are you doing here?"

Xiao Li made up nonsense without changing his face: "We are reporters. When we came, we saw the mourning hall and came to worship."

There was a trace of suspicion on the man's face, then he stretched out his hand and said to the black-haired boy in front of him, "Okay, bring the things."

This time Xiao Li paused, repeated it, and asked in confusion, "...something?"

"Are you really here to worship?" The man withdrew his hand, frowned deeply, and rubbed his index finger and thumb together impatiently.

The brothers obviously didn't have a deep relationship. There was no sadness on the man's face at all, but a routine-like seriousness.

This time, the second young master of the Xiao family comprehended the gesture of the other party as if by divine help. He took out his pocket, and there were pieces of chocolate, dolls, mobile phones, tissues and other things in it, but there were no banknotes.

In the end, he could only take out his mobile phone: "Can Alipay transfer money?"

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As soon as Xiao Li said this, he remembered that there was no signal here, so he looked to the side and said to Zhu Yiting who was hiding behind the doorpost, "Borrow me some money?"

Zhu Yiting whose position was exposed numbly watched the other party walking towards him, then took out three cards of Grandpa Mao from his pocket and handed them to him.

After Xiao Li took the money, seeing Zhu Yiting's depressed face (?), he thought that he was depressed because of the loss of money, so he patted Zhu Yiting's shoulder comfortingly: "Give me the number when you go back, and I will transfer it back to you."

Zhu Yiting looked at Xiao Li with a complicated face, but didn't answer.